February Weather in Shanhou China

Daily high temperatures increase by 14°F, from 9°F to 23°F, rarely falling below -1°F or exceeding 35°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 14°F, from -11°F to 3°F, rarely falling below -24°F or exceeding 16°F.

For reference, on July 6, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shanhou typically range from 63°F to 80°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from -14°F to 5°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Kamsack, Canada (5,057 miles away) and Red Lake, Canada (5,267 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Shanhou (view comparison).

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The month of February in Shanhou experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 51% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is February 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 50% of the time.

For reference, on December 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 54%, while on September 13, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 64%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Shanhou, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually increasing, starting the month at 1% and ending it at 3%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 46% on July 15, and its lowest chance is 1% on January 14.

Over the course of February in Shanhou, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 26 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 4 seconds, and weekly increase of 21 minutes, 27 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 9 hours, 37 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 11 hours, 3 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Shanhou is 6:55 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 44 minutes earlier at 6:11 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 4:32 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 42 minutes later at 5:14 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Shanhou during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:36 AM and sets 15 hours, 50 minutes later, at 7:27 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:11 AM and sets 8 hours, 34 minutes later, at 3:45 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for February 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Shanhou is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 57% of the time, while on October 17, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Shanhou is gradually increasing during February, increasing from 7.8 miles per hour to 8.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 15, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on August 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Shanhou throughout February is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 47% on February 1.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Shanhou typically lasts for 5.0 months (152 days), from around April 29 to around September 28, rarely starting before April 12 or after May 15, and rarely ending before September 14 or after October 13.

The month of February in Shanhou is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Shanhou are essentially constant during February, remaining around 0°F throughout.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Shanhou is increasing during February, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 2.2 kWh to 3.3 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shanhou are 46.590 deg latitude, 127.401 deg longitude, and 650 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shanhou contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 141 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 635 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (968 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,599 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shanhou is covered by cropland (86%), within 10 miles by cropland (67%) and trees (20%), and within 50 miles by cropland (61%) and trees (25%).